Black Diamonds: Negro League Baseball Teams, 1920-1949

Akron Blue Birds Atlanta Black Crackers Atlantic City Bacharach Giants Baltimore Black Sox, Elite Giants Birmingham Black Barons Brooklyn Eagles, Royal Giants Chattanooga Black Lookouts Chicago American Giants, Columbia Giants, Giants Cincinnati Clowns, Cuban Stars, Tigers, Ethiopian Buckeyes Cleveland Bears, Bluebirds, Browns, Buckeyes, Cubs, Elite Giants, Hornets, Red Sox, Stars, Tate Stars, Tigers Columbus Blue Birds, Buckeyes, Elite Giants, Redbirds, Elites Dayton Marcos Detroit Elites, Stars, Wolves Harrisburg Giants Homestead Grays (Pittsburgh) Indianapolis ABC’s, American Giants, Athletics, Clowns, Crawfords, Cuban Stars Jacksonville Red Caps Kansas City Monarchs Knoxville Giants Louisville Red Caps, White Sox Memphis Red Sox Milwaukee Bears Monroe Monarchs Montgomery Gray Sox Nashville Elite Giants, Elites New Orleans Crescent Stars, Stars New York Bacharach Giants, Black Yankees, Cuban Stars, Cubans, Harlem Stars, Bombers, Lincoln Giants Newark Browns, Dodgers, Eagles, Stars Philadelphia Hilldale Daisies, Hilldales, Stars Pittsburgh Crawfords, Keystones St. Louis Giants, Stars Toledo Crawfords, Tigers Washington Black Senators, Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, Pilots, Potomacs Wilmington Potomacs

Map Created by the GIS Research & Map Collection, Ball State University Libraries from The Complete Book of Baseball’s Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History by John Holway. Photographs from Playing America’s Game by Michael L. Cooper, Ball State University Libraries Educational Resources Collections. In association with Geralyn Strecker, Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Ball State University.